[antlr-interest] stringtemplate lower case/upper case question
Terence Parr
parrt at cs.usfca.edu
Thu May 24 08:49:12 PDT 2007
Hi Martin,
Use the format option. You'll have to search the stringtemplate
archives for how to use it. I can't remember the details. And you
need the latest build from stringtemplate.org/download/build
Ter
On May 24, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Martin d'Anjou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We use StringTemplate to produce many outputs based on an in-house
> created language using ANTLR to parse. The following situation
> creeps up a lot: depending on the target output, I need the same
> data (usually names) in either upper-case, lower-case or the
> original mixed-case declaration. I've found myself ending up
> writing a lot of this for example:
>
> public String getFullName()
> {
> String regName = this.name.replaceFirst("n", String.valueOf
> (this.currentIndex+this.startIndex));
> return regName+this.nameSuffix;
> }
>
> public String getFullNameLower()
> {
> return fullName().toLowerCase();
> }
>
> public String getFullNameUpper()
> {
> return fullName().toUpperCase();
> }
>
> And doing $blah.fullname$, $blah.fullNameLower$, or
> $blah.fullNameUpper$ in the templates based on context.
>
> I was wondering is there a better way that would save the writing
> of the extra two functions (*Upper and *Lower)? If not, would
> StringTemplate not benefit from a simple toLower and toUpper built-
> in syntax (e.g. $blah.fullName$, $blah.fullName*UpperCase$, or
> $blah.fullName*LowerCase$) ?
>
> P.S. So far I have over 30 "triplets" like this (and counting),
> hence my frustration at the extra functions ;)
>
> Thanks!
> Martin
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